Hands-On Workshops You Won’t Want to Miss in the DevZone

This is the 2nd year we'll be bringing back the Hands-On Workshop (HOW) program. Hands-On workshops are 1-2 hour workshops where you can get hands-on with a specific Salesforce technology, many are being lead by our MVP community, and almost all of our workshops are powered by projects in Trailhead. We'll have workshops on Lightning Component development, Enterprise Node Architectures and Microservices, the future of JavaScript Development with ECMA Script6, building Microsoft Office Plugins with Salesforce, and a few workshops on new technology I'm not allowed to mention yet!

What’s in store for Hands-On Workshops?

This is the 2nd year we’ll be bringing back the Hands-On Workshop (HOW) program. Hands-On workshops are 1-2 hour workshops where you can get hands-on with a specific Salesforce technology, many are being lead by our MVP community, and almost all of our workshops are powered by projects in Trailhead. Bring your laptops and get hands-on with experts in the room to help answer questions during the workshop. We’ll have workshops on Lightning Component development, enterprise node architectures and microservices, the future of JavaScript development with ECMA Script6, building Microsoft Office Add-Ins with Salesforce, and a few workshops on new technologies I’m not allowed to mention yet!

Look for the Hands-On Workshops in Agenda Builder today! If they are full, don’t let that stop you from showing up, because we reserve a large chunk of seats for walk-ins, so if you see something you’re interested in, please come by! If you won’t be at Dreamforce, look for the new workshop content up in Trailhead projects end of September!

Pro-tip: Search “Hands-On Workshop” to get the full list of HOWs

What’s the difference between a HOW and a HOT (Hands-On Training)?

HOWs are run by developer relations, and first and foremost are meant to make learning how to build an app accessible and fun. HOWs are not part of the HOT program run by the Salesforce Training team, though we are huge fans of the HOT program. We are looking forward to hosting several developer HOTs side by side with the HOWs in Moscone West this year!

We run all of our workshops out of free Developer Edition orgs so you can keep it forever. Unlike HOTs that provide machines, HOWs are BYOL, so make sure you don’t forget your laptop! We’ll provide the wifi. We also plan to run any content that can be tested by Trailhead out of Trailhead, so there will be a few new projects being added to the site just before Dreamforce. Finally, the workshops are primarily community lead (with the exception of any new announcement workshops) so you can get real insights from developers just like you about how they build apps themselves.

We can’t wait to share this new content with you at DF! If you or any of your colleagues can’t make it to SF, look for it in Trailhead.